Tag Archives: trade rumors
Winter Meetings Notebook: It’s All About Pitching
The Washington Nationals made a huge splash on the free agent market on Sunday, announcing a seven year, $126 M deal with outfielder Jayson Werth. The deal has gotten a… Read more
Shortstop Updates: Brendan Ryan, Jason Bartlett
Two updates on the shortstop front from today: -Jennifer Langosch reports that Cardinals shortstop Brendan Ryan has drawn “mild interest” from the Pirates. Ryan is expendable by St. Louis after… Read more
Pirates Could Trade Rule 5 Pick
Neal Huntington said today that the pool of available players for the 2010 Rule 5 draft wasn’t a good one, and that the Pirates could trade their first overall selection…. Read more
Pirates Have Some Interest in Kawakami
Jennifer Langosch reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates have shown some interest in Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami. The Braves owe Kawakami one year and $6.667 M on his three… Read more
Trade Rumors: Doumit, Hanrahan, Meek, Pitchers
Dejan Kovacevic has an update from the Winter Meetings, looking at some news and rumors on the internal trade possibilities: -Kovacevic says that the Pirates would love to trade Ryan… Read more
2010 Pittsburgh Pirates Winter Meetings Preview
The 2010 MLB Winter Meetings kick off tomorrow, and run through Thursday afternoon, finishing off with the 2010 Rule 5 draft. Leading up to the meetings, the Pittsburgh Pirates have… Read more
Pirates Tried to Trade for Hardy on Thursday
It seems like a certainty that the Pittsburgh Pirates will try to upgrade their starting shortstop position in 2011. We’ve heard that the team is interested in J.J. Hardy and… Read more
Pirates Will Still Look to Upgrade Shortstop
Yesterday there were some questions as to whether the Pittsburgh Pirates would still pursue a shortstop upgrade after signing Ronny Cedeno to a one year deal with a 2012 option…. Read more
Non-Tender Deadline Preview
The non-tender deadline is tonight, Thursday night, at midnight. Teams must decide whether to tender their arbitration eligible players contracts, or non-tender them and allow them to become free agents…. Read more
Pirates Interested in Bartlett and Hardy
Jon Paul Morosi reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates have an interest in shortstops J.J. Hardy from Minnesota, and Jason Bartlett from Tampa Bay. Morosi also mentions that the Pirates may… Read more
